6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; …
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-21)The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ’s dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ’s blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed a…
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